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Clover Bloom Clear
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Clover Bloom Clear

Green · Hue 115
Metrics
S 54% · L 76%
Contrast (WCAG)
on white1.5:1Failon black14.1:1AA
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About this color

Clover Bloom Clear (#A6E3A1) belongs to the green family — hue 115°, 54% saturation, 76% lightness. Copy the hex, RGB, or HSL value above, or paste the CSS custom property below into your stylesheet to reference this color directly.

CSS
:root {
  --colorarchive-clover-bloom-clear: #A6E3A1;
  --colorarchive-clover-bloom-clear-hsl: hsl(115, 54%, 76%);
  --colorarchive-clover-bloom-clear-rgb: rgb(166, 227, 161);
}

AI Color Names

Let AI suggest alternative poetic names for this color in English and Chinese.

Design Context

CalmingHealingOpen
Common in

Wellness · Meditation Apps · Healthcare

Pairs well with

Soft lavender for serenity, warm cream for organic warmth

Design tip

Perfect for health and wellness interfaces. Light greens reduce visual stress — use for backgrounds in reading-heavy layouts.

Cultural context ▶

Mint and sage greens symbolize healing, tranquility, and renewal. Common in spa and wellness branding.

Color Origins

Green family

The color of growth, currency, and long-running brands.

Heritage

Verdigris (copper acetate) gave medieval manuscripts many of their greens; it was unstable, eating through parchment over centuries. Terre verte (green earth) was used for under-painting flesh in the Italian tradition. Scheele's green (1775) and Paris green, arsenic compounds widely used in the 19th century, killed an unknown number of workers and Victorian children before viridian and phthalo greens replaced them. Modern green pigments are remarkably stable.

Across cultures

Green is closely associated with Islam — it appears on the flags of many Muslim-majority nations and on the Green Dome in Medina. In Ireland green is national identity, partly through the shamrock and partly through the political binary with orange. In Old Japanese a single word, ao, covered both blue and green; the 'go' traffic light is still officially ao, and since 1973 has been set to a bluish shade of green. Across many cultures green simultaneously means growth, fertility, envy, and the supernatural.

In the wild

Starbucks moved its logo from the original 1971 brown to green in 1987. John Deere's green and yellow has marked its machines for more than a century. U.S. banknotes have been printed in green since the 1860s; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing says no one can say for certain why green was first chosen, but it kept the color for the 1929 small-size notes because the pigment was plentiful, durable, and associated with the government's stable credit. WhatsApp, Spotify, and Heineken all anchor on green. Hospital scrubs were originally white and moved to green and teal; a common explanation is that green hides the green after-images surgeons see on white surfaces after staring at red tissue.

How it reads

Green sits near the peak of the eye's daylight sensitivity — the photopic luminosity curve peaks at 555nm. At low saturation it reads as natural, calm, premium (sage, olive). At high saturation it reads as urgent or playful. It carries one of the strongest semantic loads in product design: 'success', 'go', 'natural', 'safe'.

This particular tone

A bright, airy reading of the hue — clean and approachable, the kind of color that holds up well in product photography and on light backgrounds.

Lightness band: At this lightness the hue almost recedes into the surface around it — useful for backgrounds, hover states, and any surface where the color should suggest a mood without competing with content.

Saturation band: The clear, mid-saturation register is a common identity sweet spot — saturated enough to register as a 'real' color, restrained enough not to fight typography or photography placed over it.

Brands using a similar color

Within the public brand-guidelines reference catalog, these are the closest matches to #A6E3A1.

  • Starbucksneutral
    Warm Neutral · #D4E9E2
    →
  • Anthropicneutral
    Mid Gray · #B0AEA5
    →
  • Aesopneutral
    Cream Paper · #EFE4D2
    →

Cultures using a similar color

From the cultural-palette catalog, these regions feature a color close to #A6E3A1.

  • ScandinaviaIittala Blue
    #A6CEDB · Aalto vase glassware (1936-)
    →
  • China (Traditional)Celadon (青瓷)
    #9CB48F · Song Dynasty Longquan kilns
    →
  • France (Paris)Lutetian Limestone
    #E5DDC8 · Paris facade stone (Haussmannian-era buildings)
    →

Color guides

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Tonal strip

All lightness levels at this hue and saturation. Click any to navigate.

Palette moves

Instead of stopping at one swatch, use nearby, opposite, and tonal neighbors to branch into a broader palette.

Lighter companion
Clover Pearl Clear
#C4ECC0 · hsl(115, 54%, 84%)
Darker companion
Clover Silk Clear
#89D981 · hsl(115, 54%, 68%)
Complementary counterpoint
Magenta Bloom Clear
#D8A1E3 · hsl(290, 54%, 76%)
Analogous lead
Seafoam Bloom Clear
#A1E3B7 · hsl(140, 54%, 76%)
Analogous echo
Lime Bloom Clear
#C2E3A1 · hsl(90, 54%, 76%)
Triadic +120°
Indigo Bloom Clear
#A1ACE3 · hsl(230, 54%, 76%)
Triadic +240°
Crimson Bloom Clear
#E3A1A1 · hsl(0, 54%, 76%)
Split-comp +150°
Orchid Bloom Clear
#B7A1E3 · hsl(260, 54%, 76%)
Split-comp +210°
Rose Bloom Clear
#E3A1CD · hsl(320, 54%, 76%)
Export preview
Base: Clover Bloom Clear #A6E3A1
Lighter companion: Clover Pearl Clear #C4ECC0
Darker companion: Clover Silk Clear #89D981
Complementary counterpoint: Magenta Bloom Clear #D8A1E3
Analogous lead: Seafoam Bloom Clear #A1E3B7
Analogous echo: Lime Bloom Clear #C2E3A1
Triadic +120°: Indigo Bloom Clear #A1ACE3
Triadic +240°: Crimson Bloom Clear #E3A1A1
Split-comp +150°: Orchid Bloom Clear #B7A1E3
Split-comp +210°: Rose Bloom Clear #E3A1CD

Compare

See how Clover Bloom Clear compares side by side with related colors.

vsClover Pearl ClearvsClover Silk ClearvsMagenta Bloom ClearvsSeafoam Bloom ClearvsLime Bloom ClearvsIndigo Bloom Clear

Nearest neighbors

The closest archive matches by hue, saturation, and lightness.

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Nearby match
Leaf Bloom Clear
#ACE3A1 · hsl(110, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Emerald Bloom Clear
#A1E3A1 · hsl(120, 54%, 76%)
Nearby match
Clover Silk Clear
#89D981 · hsl(115, 54%, 68%)
Nearby match
Clover Pearl Clear
#C4ECC0 · hsl(115, 54%, 84%)
Nearby match
Clover Bloom Soft
#B0D7AD · hsl(115, 34%, 76%)
Nearby match
Clover Bloom Vivid
#9CEF95 · hsl(115, 74%, 76%)

Accessible pairings

Archive colors that meet WCAG contrast standards when paired with this color. Use as text-on-background or background-on-text.

Contrast checker
AAA7.1:1
Magenta Shadow Soft
#582F60
AAA7.2:1
Magenta Shadow Clear
#61216E
AAA7:1
Magenta Shadow Vivid
#6B137C
AAA8.8:1
Magenta Nocturne Faint
#362E38
AAA9:1
Magenta Nocturne Muted
#392A3C
AAA9.2:1
Magenta Nocturne Dust
#3C2640

Color Vision Simulation

How this color appears with different color vision deficiencies.

Full simulator
Deuteranopia
#C0BBB8
Protanopia
#C4C4B4
Tritanopia
#AAC1C4
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Clover Bloom Faint#BDC8BC · hsl(115, 10%, 76%)Clover Bloom Muted#B9CDB7 · hsl(115, 18%, 76%)Clover Bloom Dust#B5D2B2 · hsl(115, 26%, 76%)Clover Bloom Soft#B0D7AD · hsl(115, 34%, 76%)Clover Bloom Clear#A6E3A1 · hsl(115, 54%, 76%)Clover Bloom Vivid#9CEF95 · hsl(115, 74%, 76%)Clover Bloom Bright#97F58E · hsl(115, 84%, 76%)Clover Bloom Pure#93FA89 · hsl(115, 92%, 76%)
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